Facebook[/caption]Leanne Jenkins----Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has formed an alliance with Marco Rubio, Republican Senator from Florida who is often cited as a potential Presidential candidate, in order to reform immigration, as this newest foray into politics offers insight into the power of social media giants in framing political and social issues.
Zuckerberg was reported by Political Moneyline as working extensively with Rubio with his political advocacy group running ads in conservative areas. The ads encourage voters to support a bipartisan Senate bill on immigration.
What would that bill include and what are the dimensions of immigration reform? While Rubio has a Hispanic heritage, many of his positions have reflected conservative Republican ideas on what reform might be, many of which are in opposition to former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama have conceived, especially in the area of a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants. Rubio's political positions are here, as related by On the Issues:
Immigration is a human issue AND a law & order issue. (Mar 2013)
Leave immigration to feds; 50 sets of laws is worse. (Jun 2012)
English is de facto official language; let's recognize that. (Jun 2012)
AZ ant-immigrant law demands papers like "police state". (Jun 2012)
OpEd: Claimed falsely that parents fled Castro in 1959. (Jun 2012)
Legal status, but not citizenship, to migrant's children. (Jun 2012)
GOP DREAM Act: visas for going to college or military. (Apr 2012)
AZ law may unreasonably single out some citizens. (Apr 2010)
Don't count illegal immigrants in the 2010 census. (Apr 2010)
Allow children of illegals to pay in-state college tuition. (Mar 2010)
No amnesty in any form, not even back-of-the-line. (Mar 2010)
Oppose amnesty in any reform. (Feb 2010)
Opposes granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. (Sep 2010)
Supports full implementation of current border security laws. (Sep 2010)
While Zuckerberg has expanded his interests into conservative politics, Twitter founder Evan Williams has been creating and expanding social media sites, that initially included his creation of Blogger, which he sold to Google, then Twitter and now a social media site called Medium. His ventures are aimed at changing the news, especially to encompass the public both as customers and as creators.
Both Williams and Zuckerberg's creations have changed the landscape of communication and help to facilitate change through their ventures. While Williams politics are not as public as Zuckerberg, he is located in San Francisco, one of the progressive's best known havens.
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